Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
Pillar of smoke
Pillar of smoke

Pillar of smoke

Date11/12/1980
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Pillar of smoke: Smoke and steam billow amid downtown high-rises early today as fire sweeps 21 McGill St.; the exclusive club for women. Damage was estimated at more than $500;000. At right; firemen worked for three hours to bring the blaze under control. It was the third fire in nearly two years at the club. Arson was blamed for the last one; in July. Damage then was $15;000.
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000574F
Pillar of smoke. Smoke could be seen for up to five miles today from a fire in a westend Toronto tire scrapyard. Lack of water pressure hampered firem(...)
Pillar of smoke. Smoke could be seen for up to five miles today from a fire in a westend Toronto tire scrapyard. Lack of water pressure hampered firem(...)
5/26/1980
Towering pillar of smoke from Oakville fire was visible for 160 kilometres (100 miles) yesterday
Towering pillar of smoke from Oakville fire was visible for 160 kilometres (100 miles) yesterday
4/25/1978
Tire smoke blackens sky near airport, Think, black smoke rises above a vacant lot near Toronto International Airport yesterday as firemen battle blaze(...)
Tire smoke blackens sky near airport, Think, black smoke rises above a vacant lot near Toronto International Airport yesterday as firemen battle blaze(...)
7/16/1974
A column of smoke, visible over a large area of Metro, rises from the flaming ruins of the Ashland Oil Co
A column of smoke, visible over a large area of Metro, rises from the flaming ruins of the Ashland Oil Co
5/14/1973
Raceway rescue: Security guard Victor Rodriguez managed to throw open some smoke-filled stalls, letting 11 horses escape
Raceway rescue: Security guard Victor Rodriguez managed to throw open some smoke-filled stalls, letting 11 horses escape
4/2/1992
Resident gasps for air as smoke billows out of window below in the fatal fire at Plaza II hotel and apartment complex today
Resident gasps for air as smoke billows out of window below in the fatal fire at Plaza II hotel and apartment complex today
8/19/1982
Dense Smoke billows out of Postal Terminal A at Bay and Front Sts
Dense Smoke billows out of Postal Terminal A at Bay and Front Sts
11/25/1974
Alone in a smoke-filled apartment, 5-month-old Natalia Radosevic was saved by Constable Douglas Palmer, who swung Tarzan-style onto a balcony to reach(...)
Alone in a smoke-filled apartment, 5-month-old Natalia Radosevic was saved by Constable Douglas Palmer, who swung Tarzan-style onto a balcony to reach(...)
11/6/1974
Fire on the CN Tower. Fire broke out at CN Tower about 2 p.m. today, above observation level, about 1,500 ft. up the 1,815-ft. tower. Thick smoke pour(...)
Fire on the CN Tower. Fire broke out at CN Tower about 2 p.m. today, above observation level, about 1,500 ft. up the 1,815-ft. tower. Thick smoke pour(...)
July 8, 1975
Two Fires at the 1,300-foot level of the ON Tower yesterday sent out clouds of thick black smoke (right) and caused four welders to be taken to hospit(...)
Two Fires at the 1,300-foot level of the ON Tower yesterday sent out clouds of thick black smoke (right) and caused four welders to be taken to hospit(...)
7/8/1975
Firemen give roomer oxygen. Toronto firefighters give oxygen to elderly roomer they found in smoke-filled Jarvis St. house last night. The unidentifie(...)
Firemen give roomer oxygen. Toronto firefighters give oxygen to elderly roomer they found in smoke-filled Jarvis St. house last night. The unidentifie(...)
5/23/1974
Residents of a Madison Ave. nursing home were forced from building by an early morning fire. Three were taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inha(...)
Residents of a Madison Ave. nursing home were forced from building by an early morning fire. Three were taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inha(...)
2/13/1977